Shower-bath.



No. 869,240. PATENTED 0017.29, 1907.

G. HEA'TON.

SHOWER BATH.4

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21. 190B.

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No. 869,240. l PATENTED 001129. 1907.

. C. HEATON.

SHOWER BATH. APPLIOATIQN FILED JUNE 2l, 1906.

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an under plate 10 which is secured on the iiange of the UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HEATON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HUGO BIERHOFF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHOWER-BATH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all Awhom il may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HEATON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York,.have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Shower-Baths, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shower baths, and my object is toproduce a simple and efficient shower which may be attachedl to an ordinary bath tub without any special construction, so far as the tub is concerned. The shower is also-readily removable from the tub, 'and its principal characteristic is simplicity. l

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l isa cross section through the bath tub showing the appliance attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the coupling which secures the hose to the pipe. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the coupling arms. Fig. 5 is a similar'view of the gasketandcollar, Fig.`6 is a side elevation of the bracket which holds the pipe to the rim of the tub, Fig. 7 is a plan view of Fig. 6, Fig. 8 is a'n elevation ofthe clamp which holds the curtain ring, and Fig.

, 9 is'an end view of the same.

The bath tub to which the appliance is adapted to be 'secured'is' made of the conventional form shown in Fig. 1, which has a body 1, legs 2, and a top flanged edge 3, and facets4 and 5 for both hot and cold water discharge through a common outlet 6.

`My. shower consists of a Vertical pipe 7 which is 'secured to the flange of the'tub by means of a clajmp 8. The clamp which is shown in Fig'. 7 consists of a circularly bent plate 9 which fits the top edge of the tub, and

tub. The parts 3 and 10 are also provided withupwardly extending lugs 11 and 1.2 which have a thumb screw 13 therein adapted to draw the lugs together f or the purposeof securing the clamping members tightlyV against the tub. From the plate 9 extends vertically a plug 14 which is provided with exterior `threads to which is screwed a joint 15. The joint is also. secured to the pipe 7 by means of screw threads and has a tubular section 16 at right angles to the pipe 7 which is provided with a novel and simple coupling fora flexible hose 17* which latter is attached to the outlet 6 of the faucets. i n

The coupling which is illustrated in detail in Figs. 2 to 5 is constructed as follows: The pipe joint 15 is provided with pins 18, projecting from opposite sides, and to which are secured a clutch 19 comprising parallel arms held together by a cross piece 21, and having downwardly turned portions 22 which straddle the metallic piece 23 carried by the hose 17.

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The partsV 224 tubular section 16 by the collar 26.

When the parts are joined together the arms 20 are forced down, when the arms 22l will force in the extensions 25 of the collar and `'crowd the gasket against the end of the pipe joint until the projection 24 is beyond the edge of the extension, when the latter will t into the recess and prevent the arms 20 from accidentally rising. This forms a Very simple and efficient coupling for the parts, and is not apt to get out of order.

The pipe 7 is secured to a horizontal pipe 28 by means of the joint 29 and has on its outer end a plug 30. Intermediate of the ends I provide a coupling 31 from which is hung a sprayer 32.

A curtain ring 33 is hung from the pipe by means of clamps 34 which consists of a collar 35 and a thumb screw 36 extending there through which is adapted to engage with the pipe.

The ring 33 is curing the plates together.

adapted to engage the ange of the tub, and means for se- 2. A shower bath for tubs, having a pipe, a clamp for securing the 4same to the t'ub, for the top rim of the tub,

which said pipe is secured,

said clamp comprisingr a piste and having a plug thereon to and an under plate adapted to engage under the ange of the tub, and means for clamping the two plates together. j

3. A shower' for bath tubs comprisig a pipe, a joint -therefor, a clamp adapted to secure the joint to the top rim of a tub, a tube to connect the joint with the water supply, and a coupling therefor, comprising a pair of parallel, connected arms, fulcrumed to the pipe joint, a tubular end on the said tube provided with a collar having lateral projections, a gasket on the tube, said arms having depending fingers which engage with the said projections and cause the collar to crowd the gasket against the pipe joint and :i recess in said fingers and a shoulder 24 for the collar projections.

Signed this 20th day. of June, 1906.

Witnesses Crus. G. Huxsnm,

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CHARLES HEA'LON. 

